Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 15, 2023

Hobbes idea of fun is a tuna fish sandwich with a pickle on the side.

Hobbes also likes surprising Calvin.

That’s a good way to eat a parasite and die

Maybe if they were going fishing…

Gives New meaning to Calvin’s G.R.O.S.S club…..

Let’s face it… either way, Susie Derkins is gonna have a big gross surprise coming.

I never dug for worms. I used a sledgehammer. Constantly beat on the ground for five to ten minutes and they just crawl right out of the ground. Learned it from my grandmother.

Totally with Hobbes here.

Gathering slugs and worms and not a word about sliding them down Susie Derkins’ dress? Blasphemy! ;D

Different ideas of fun, I guess.

Anyone who says toodle-oo must be too sophisticated, blue-blooded for slugs and worms.

An aristocrat like Hobbes would only eat trepang

How about you double dog-dare! Maybe then Hobbes would play

not gross fun, no. :p

TTFN

I recall reading an article where a guy ate a garden slug on a dare. He had a violent reaction to it which cost him his life.

Could have been sooders and snakes

Not that kind of fun.

A kid ate a slug on a dare. It had a parasite that ate everything worthwhile in his brain.https://www.newsweek.com/parasite-rat-lungworm-garden-slug-834667

ah, the story arc of eating five worms for a nickel

Hey, just because I like gross, it doesn’t mean I am gross. …ick

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I’m gonna eat a worm…

I like mine with a dash of salt

I had a kitten who tasted a slug. Never saw a cat make that face before or since. :)

Mmmm…slugs and worms sauteed in a butter/lemon sauce. Mmmm.

This is a… fun… storyline?

Hobbes would enjoy being Susie’s imaginary friend more than being Calvin’s. She would never dare him to eat gross stuff.

Oh, I’ve occasionally felt like Hobbes in the last panel in certain situations…

toodle-do from me also.

About a year ago on one of our walks one of the doggos found a banana slug and inhaled it. After a phone consult with our vet my panic decreased. Pupper was as sick as a dog for a few days but everything worked out ok in the end. They all avoid banana, and other, slugs from now on. The chooks will slurp up any of those they find. The little ones at least. The banana slugs out here can get to about 10 or so inches long. What I found interesting is those in the SF Bay Area are bright yellow, like ripe bananas, but up here they are olive drab green with black splotches. Bright warning colour vs camouflage.

Ever consider an oyster or clam? Just slugs with a shell wrapper.

gag… barf…. regurglegitate

Yesterday I dared my brother to eat the whole blob of Wasabi with his sushi. It ended with both of us eating half. It wasn’t so bad swallowing my half whole, but afterwards my stomach threanted a revolt.

Salamanders and centipedes are better. Scorpions are scarce, but best of all.

Calvin would be the perfect waiter for a French restaurant.

Just the other day Calvin thought worms were gross

Toodle-oo. Hilarious!